You Drove Me Out with Your Hypocrisy and now Crying When I Come to Take It All? Chapter 152 : Chapter 152

Chapter 152: The Cheng Family's Old Ancestor Appears!

Trying to threaten her with the River-Severing Sect's Supre Elder and the Cheng Family's Old Ancestor?

Unfortunately for him, Chang Ningxiao was not swayed by that at all.

At the Grandmaster realm, a single glance at a person's expression and bearing was enough to see into their heart. In this world, very few emotions could truly be hidden from such eyes.

Seeing Cheng Zhenjiang in such a hysterical state, she instantly understood that what Jian A had said was no lie.

Cheng Zhenjiang had done every last one of those things!

Cheng Yu looked at Cheng Zhenjiang coldly, wanting to see what kind of stunt the man could still pull now.

The mont he heard the Sword Chief of the Sword Bearers speak with such undisguised disgust, Cheng Zhenjiang finally realized just how grave the situation had beco. These few were clearly on the sa side. There was no way he was going to co out of this well.

The respect on his face vanished, replaced by hostility.

“Sword Chief Chang, the Sword Bearers and my River-Severing Sect have never crossed one another in the slightest. Do not stir up unnecessary trouble over a re Imperial Hound!”

Chang Ningxiao might have reached divine mastery in the Sword Dao and stood high above as a Grandmaster, but behind her stood the entire Sword Bearers.

If the Sword Chief of the Sword Bearers drew her sword against the Sect Master of the River-Severing Sect, then behind that stood two imnsely powerful forces.

He refused to believe that she would be willing to take such a great risk and offend two colossal powers like the River-Severing Sect and the Cheng Family for Cheng Yu's sake.

The mont Chang Ningxiao heard those words, her delicate brows drew together.

Her purpose in coming here had been nothing more than to befriend a fellow practitioner of the Sword Dao and lend Jian A so support.

If she truly pushed things so far as to completely offend Cheng Zhenjiang over this, it would indeed bring so trouble.

She cast Jian A a sowhat helpless glance.

If the elders had not pushed her into becoming the Sword Chief back then, why would she need to worry about so much now?

If Cheng Zhenjiang displeased her, then she would simply cut him down. Why should she care what chaos followed?

Jian A saw the conflict in Chang Ningxiao's heart and hurriedly continued sending her a voice transmission.

It was Cheng Yu who had seen, at a single glance, the reason his Sword Dao had been unable to progress.

He had even brought out a self-created Taiyi Mysterious Gate Sword Art.

Jian A had taken Cheng Yu as his master not rely because Cheng Yu had solved a problem that had troubled him for twenty years.

More importantly, he had seen in Cheng Yu the hope of reaching the very summit of the Sword Dao!

Hearing this, Chang Ningxiao's eyes widened.

She had thought Jian A had only broken through because his long accumulation had finally borne fruit and he had obtained a fortuitous opportunity.

She had never expected it to be the result of Cheng Yu's incisive guidance.

To see the crux of the problem at a glance, think of a perfect solution that used slowness to achieve swiftness, and then produce a self-created art that fit it so perfectly—

Compared with offensive sword techniques, this sort of insight and attainnt in the Sword Dao was what sword fanatics like them valued most.

The Sword Bearers had seen many pure geniuses of the sword throughout their history, and Chang Ningxiao herself was one of the very best among them.

But to go a step further above that, to advance further upon the “Dao” of the sword, one needed more than rely wielding a sword.

One needed to comprehend the sword itself.

One needed true insight and attainnt in the Sword Dao.

In this field, Chang Ningxiao had failed to solve Jian A's problem.

She was inferior to Cheng Yu!

At that thought, she imdiately reached a decision. Cheng Yu's value to the Sword Bearers far exceeded anything she had imagined.

The conflicted look on her face turned cold and severe, and the Sword Intent of a Grandmaster surged forth without the slightest concealnt.

“Sect Master Cheng, are you not the very people who love to say that Heaven sees right and wrong, and that chivalry sees all? Why is it that now, after daring to do these things, you do not dare admit them and can only talk about offending the River-Severing Sect and the Cheng Family?”

“Or is it that Sect Master Cheng has done sothing shaful, and now that you are too embarrassed to keep preaching lofty principles, all you can do is hide behind your backing?”

Chang Ningxiao's two questions struck heavily against Cheng Zhenjiang's heart.

His face began to tremble.

She was questioning his chivalry!

Cheng Yu hated him, and his words were full of humiliation and mockery. Those were the words of a ruthless and unfilial descendant.

He could endure that.

But when a person like Chang Ningxiao—soone of high status and wholly unrelated to the matter—made such a judgnt of him, Cheng Zhenjiang had no choice but to defend himself.

He assud an awe-inspiring righteous posture.

“Sword Chief Chang, you are mistaken. Although what I did may not have been perfect in every respect, it was all done out of necessity!”

Concealing the news and preserving his reputation had been for the sake of better leading the people of the world in practicing chivalry!

Scheming for the inheritance and seizing the treasure had been nothing more than a father's painstaking love!

What had he done wrong?

If there was any fault, then it was that rebellious son for being too detestable and turning what should have been a good thing into utter chaos!

He had not even begun settling accounts with Cheng Yu yet for slaughtering and oppressing the Jianghu forces of Jiannan Circuit and humiliating the people of the Jianghu!

By now, Cheng Yu was long since used to Cheng Zhenjiang being this shaless, and he felt nothing at all.

“Since Lord Cheng has done nothing wrong, then what is the harm in telling the whole world about it? I am sure they will all understand you.”

If there was truly no problem, then say it out loud!

As for this supposed necessity, let them see whether anyone else would accept that kind of necessity that involved killing people and seizing treasure!

At those words, the righteous look on Cheng Zhenjiang's face instantly stiffened.

“Th-this...”

No matter how reasonable it sounded, he still could not say it!

No matter how nobly he dressed it up, he was still seeking benefits for his own family. There was no way he could persuade everyone else in the world.

If he said it aloud, he would definitely hand the other eight great sects and aristocratic families a weapon against him.

The mont he thought of that, Cheng Zhenjiang, unable to argue any further, flew into a rage out of humiliation.

A fool with nothing but swords in his head, and a rebellious son who had abandoned all human bonds—what right did they have to lecture him about chivalry?

“Sword Chief Chang! Are you truly determined to tear off all pretense and break with completely?!”

Chang Ningxiao rely raised a brow, too lazy to argue with him.

Cheng Yu stood nearby with his arms folded, sneering coldly.

“You are the one who boxed yourself into a corner.”

“Fine! Since you insist on remaining stubborn to the end, then so be it!”

Cheng Zhenjiang suddenly let out a shrill, furious howl, and boundless wave-like Internal Energy burst wildly from his body.

The nine sharp little swords around him were instantly crushed apart.

Cheng Zhenjiang wanted to risk his life?

He was courting death!

Jian A raised a brow and stepped back, leaving the battlefield open.

Did Cheng Zhenjiang still think he was so lofty expert of the Heaven Ranking, daring to act wildly even before a Grandmaster?

“Heh.”

Chang Ningxiao smiled but did not move. Instead, she turned her head toward the source of the great waves.

Before her eyes, the towering billows no longer surged wildly. They had lost their madness and instead seed more like sothing vast and enormous was pushing them forward.

Cheng Zhenjiang's expression turned grave, and his bloodline began to surge throughout his body.

“Please, Old Ancestor!”

In the next instant, a giant turtle slowly erged. Its four legs were like heaven-supporting pillars, and its body was like a mountain.

An incomparably aged figure sat atop the turtle's shell, and a deep, resonant voice rang out.

“Little Jiang, what made you think of your grandpa?”

Looking closely, one could see that the giant turtle had actually been ford from Internal Energy, yet it was so solid that it was no different from a living creature.

The one who had spoken was unmistakably a Grandmaster.

Cheng Yu quickly recognized the identity of this Grandmaster.

The Cheng Family's Old Ancestor, Cheng Zhenjiang's own grandfather—Cheng Cangshan!

Chang Ningxiao leapt down from her sword. Her azure longsword flew into the air and grew larger and larger, stretching across heaven and earth.

Then, with a slight wave of her hand, dense Sword Qi flew from her fingertips and turned into one sharp sword after another, filling the edge of the sky.

She stood with her hands behind her back, smiling faintly, her body filled with austere Sword Qi ready to burst forth at any mont.

“Old turtle of the Cheng Family, so you still have not died.”

Hearing that form of address, Cheng Cangshan was not angered in the slightest. Instead, he burst into laughter.

“Hahaha! Why is it you, little girl?”

Chang Ningxiao let her smile fade.

“Then you should ask that fine filial grandson of yours.”

The mont he heard the seriousness in her tone, Cheng Cangshan's expression turned solemn, and he looked toward Cheng Zhenjiang.

“Little Jiang, what did you do?”

Cheng Zhenjiang gritted his teeth. Knowing that he could not conceal things if he wanted the other man to bail him out, he transmitted his voice and explained how he had co to Jiannan Circuit to seek a fortuitous opportunity for Cheng Feng.

However, he omitted Cheng Yu's part in it.

“So you committed a few wrongs for Feng'er? Then that is indeed nothing much.”

Cheng Cangshan nodded. As he recalled that obedient and sensible great-grandson, he too beca protective.

After all, that was the future of his Cheng Family. It truly could not be taken lightly!